Google partnered with Ascension, the 2nd-largest US health-care system, to analyze personal health info of millions, sources say as part of Project Nightingale
Search giant is amassing health records from Ascension facilities in 21 states; patients not yet informed
Users notice Facebook's iOS app accesses the camera as they do unrelated things like scrolling their feeds; one workaround is to revoke app's camera permissions
Several people complained that their cameras were turned on while looking through Facebook's app.
Sources: Apple to debut a new 3D sensor module in an iPad Pro coming in H1'20 and higher-end 2020 iPhones, to be followed by a AR/VR headset and AR glasses
- Company designs new 3-D system as hub for range of AR devices — Next iPad, iPhone to have 3-D system, followed by two headsets
Microsoft says it will honor California's digital privacy law throughout the US; source: CCPA offers special treatment to “service providers” like Microsoft
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said in a blog post on Monday that it would honor California's privacy law …
Instagram debuts Reels, a TikTok-style video remix feature, which lets you make 15-second video clips set to music and share them as Stories, in Brazil
Instagram is launching a video-music remix feature to — finally fight back against Chinese social rival TikTok.
Snap Spectacles 3 review: stylish design, sturdy build, comfortable fit, clever and fun 3D filters, convenient video capture, but expensive, not water resistant
In case you've forgotten, Snap makes video-recording sunglasses called Spectacles. The first two iterations didn't do very well …
Disney+ spokesperson acknowledges service issues on launch day, saying consumer demand exceeded “high expectations”, as users complain that they can't connect
New York (CNN Business)Disney+ launched to much fanfare on Tuesday, and then immediately hit some bumps.
A look at @BallerBusters, an Instagram account that calls out people who pretend to be wealthier than they are to hawk dubious mentorship or online classes
It's easy to look successful on Instagram. Now, getting caught out is easy too. — In February, an Instagram account called …
Uber CEO, in interview covering Saudi funding, called Khashoggi's murder a “mistake” that Saudis are taking “seriously”; he later expressed regret for comments
secret execution and dismemberment is what we call a “mistake” now. Alrighty. https://twitter.com/... Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo : We've killed people too is also trump's defense of dealing with murdero...
UK's Balderton Capital has raised a new $400M fund to back EU tech startups at the Series A stage; the VC had closed a similar Series A fund in 2017 at $375M
Balderton Capital, one of the so-called “big four” early-stage VC firms in London (the others being Accel, Atomico and Index) …
Source: Twitter suggests it will allow political ads that spread awareness about issues like climate change, not ads mentioning a specific policy or candidate
Representatives from Twitter met with advertisers last week to discuss the specifics of what might be — and won't be — included in its ban on political advertising. Tweets: @davepell , @joynsocialmedi...
Twitter shares draft of its new deepfakes policy for public input through Nov. 27, says it won't ban deepfakes but will label them and warn users before sharing
but won't remove them Paul Sawers / VentureBeat : Twitter proposes flagging deepfakes, but would only remove content that threatens harm Kate Cox / Ars Technica : Twitter wants your feedback on its pr...
How some police departments in the US conduct facial recognition searches on behalf of other jurisdictions, boosting access to the tech and evading local laws
“Do not mention FITlist.” — ver the last decade, large police forces in Washington state like the Seattle Police Department … Tweets: @dlberes , @michaelhayes , @privacyproject , and @mvzelenks . Th...
Facebook is rolling out a new option called Shortcuts Bar Settings that lets users remove certain tabs in the app's navigation bar and silence notification dots
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Critics say EU's antitrust actions against tech companies have done little to restore competitive balance and US regulators need to learn from EU's mistakes
Adam Satariano / New York Times :
Alibaba says it sold goods worth $38.4B on Singles' Day, topping last year's record of $30.7B
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Intercontinental Exchange's Bakkt launches its institutional custody business, after getting approval from NY regulators
Frank Chaparro / The Block :
Review of the redesigned Dell XPS 13 2-in-1: spacious keyboard and trackpad with a 16:10 13.4" display and fast performance, but it is not practical as a tablet
Dan Seifert / The Verge :
Whoop, which makes fitness trackers and provides performance metrics for athletes, raises $55M Series D, bringing its total raised to $100M+
On the heels of Google buying Fitbit for $2.1 billion, another player in wearables and health technology has picked up a big round of growth funding to continue expanding its business.
Blaize, which custom-designs AI chips with a new graph streaming architecture, emerges from stealth with $87M raised over several rounds
There's booming demand for silicon custom-designed to accelerate AI workloads, as the gobs of cash raised by startups like Hailo Technologies, Graphcore, and Untether AI demonstrates.
SmarterASP.NET, a web host with over 440,000 customers, says it was hit by ransomware over the weekend; many customers remain locked out of their data
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Investigation: PR firms with GOP ties are using Google's ad platform to collect voter email addresses and push users to sites mimicking reputable news sources
Sam Baker / Engadget : Tweets: @annalecta , @danawollman , @wolfiechristl , and @annalecta Tweets: Anna Massoglia / @annalecta : New @engadget+@pointreport investigation on digital disinformation by ...
Amazon's record $1.5M effort to fill Seattle's city council with pro-business candidates fails, reviving chances of tax hikes on the city's tech firms
Gregory Scruggs / Reuters :
Automattic partners with Stripe to debut Recurring Payments for WordPress.com and Jetpack-powered sites, to let content creators collect repeat contributions
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Enterprise information management company OpenText is acquiring cloud data backup and protection service Carbonite in a deal worth $1.42B
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Cutover, a UK-based startup developing cloud-hosted workplace orchestration tools, raises $17M Series A led by Index Ventures
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
CoachHub, the Berlin-based digital coaching platform, raises €10M from existing investors HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, Partech, and others
Thomas Ohr / EU-Startups :
Workato, provider of an app integration and automation platform with customers including Slack and Broadcom, raises $70M Series C led by Redpoint Ventures
Rosalie Chan / Insider :
A look at Uber's struggles in Latin America, which has been its worst performing region in the first three quarters of 2019, as Didi makes big inroads in Mexico
Julia Love / Reuters :
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